Daniel 7:6 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 7:6

Next, as I watched, another beast appeared. It was like a leopard, and on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.

BSB

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ASV

After this I beheld, and, lo, another, like a leopard, which had upon its back four wings of a bird; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

KJV

After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SEVEN (420)

Verse 6. "After this I beheld, and lo, there was another beast like unto a leopard, and it had four wings of a bird all its own, and there were four heads to the beast, and power was given to it." The third kingdom was that of the Macedonians, of which we read in connection with the image, "The belly and thighs were of bronze." It is compared to a leopard because it is very swift and hormetikos, and it charges headlong to shed blood, and with a single bound rushes to its death. "And it had four wings..."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Cassander had Macedonia; and Ptolemeus had Egypt. Dominion was given to this beast; it was given of God, from whom alone promotion comes. (4.) The fourth beast was more fierce, and formidable, and mischievous, than any of them, unlike any of the other, nor is there any among the beasts of prey to which it might be compared,

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בָּאתַ֨ר	ba.Tar	after	H870 →
דְּנָ֜ה	de.Nah	this	H1836 →
חָזֵ֣ה	cha.Zeh	seeing	H2370 →
הֲוֵ֗ית	ha.Veit	I was	H1934 →
וַאֲר֤וּ	va.'a.Ru	and lo!	H718 →
אָֽחֳרִי֙	'o.cho.Ri	another	H317 →
כִּנְמַ֔ר	kin.Mar	like a leopard	H5245 →
וְלַ֨הּ	ve.Lah	and to it
גַּפִּ֥ין	ga.Pin	wings	H1611 →
אַרְבַּ֛ע	'ar.Ba'	four	H703 →
דִּי־	di-	of	H1768 →
ע֖וֹף	of	a bird	H5776 →
עַל־	'al-	[were] on	H5922 →
גַּבַּ֑הּ	ga.bai.yah	back its	H1355 →
וְאַרְבְּעָ֤ה	ve.'ar.be.'Ah	and four	H703 →
רֵאשִׁין֙	re.Shin	heads	H7217 →
לְחֵ֣יוְתָ֔א	le.Chei.ve.Ta'	[were] to beast the	H2423 →
וְשָׁלְטָ֖ן	ve.shal.Tan	and dominion	H7985 →
יְהִ֥יב	ye.Hiv	it was given	H3052 →
לַֽהּ׃	Lah	to it

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 13:2
The beast I saw was like a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
leads to
- Daniel 7:4–7
  The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to…
- 1 Peter 5:8
  Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- Revelation 20:2
  He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
- Revelation 12:9
  And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
- Revelation 17:12
  The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast.
Through
Daniel 7:4
The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to…
leads to
- Isaiah 14:13–17
  You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of…
- Jeremiah 4:7
  A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and…
- Habakkuk 1:6–8
  For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.